Married business owners, entrepreneurs, patent holders, executives and anyone holding property will have an interest in how the property is divided on death or divorce. California and several other U.S. states operate a form of marital property sharing known as "Community Property". This module presents the core rules of community property, explaining how marital and personal property are divided between spouses on divorce or death of a spouse.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

Understand how the rules of community property, as applied in California and many of the Western U.S. states, divide the ownership of marital assets upon death and divorce.

Course Sections

The course is organized into the following sections:

Community Property: Ownership and Division of Marital Property in Community Property States